> Simply put, system guys have a lot of downtime, where they do stuff that they enjoy, rather than work.
Assuming you mean 'free time'.
It seems you think System Administration is mainly fire fighting and waiting around to fire fight. Most of the basic stuff got offshored in the early 2000s, and the stuff that hits third level will actually require serious investigation.
But most system administration these days isn't fixing broken stuff: it's design, automation, audits, monitoring, and an ongoing list of continual pre-emptive and proactive improvement.
The shit SAs who can't program and are still employed are living under a sword of Damocles. Their jobs have already gone to Bangalore, they're just don't know it yet.
Assuming you mean 'free time'.
It seems you think System Administration is mainly fire fighting and waiting around to fire fight. Most of the basic stuff got offshored in the early 2000s, and the stuff that hits third level will actually require serious investigation.
But most system administration these days isn't fixing broken stuff: it's design, automation, audits, monitoring, and an ongoing list of continual pre-emptive and proactive improvement.
The shit SAs who can't program and are still employed are living under a sword of Damocles. Their jobs have already gone to Bangalore, they're just don't know it yet.